Building cladding has been checked on thousands of Adelaide CBD buildings and 77 of them listed for more detailed checks, including the new Royal Adelaide Hospital, which is due to officially open in early September.

The Metropolitan Fire Service (MFS), Adelaide City Council and a State Government department checked 4,500 buildings of two storeys or more, in the wake of London’s fatal Grenfell Tower blaze this year.

The audit determined 77 buildings, including the new city hospital, warranted further investigation but 38 of those buildings had isolated cladding.

MFS chief officer Greg Crossman confirmed the new Royal Adelaide (nRAH) was on the list for more checking.

“My understanding is that questions have been raised about cladding in the nRAH,” he told reporters.

“The Metropolitan Fire Service — obviously with the nRAH being a major building construction piece for South Australia — we’ve had an interest from planning and designing phase right through to the opening phase.”

Mr Crossman said he felt confident the building would comply.

“I can assure everyone here that the cladding used in the nRAH building, to our knowledge, meets the conformity requirements of that building, so I have no concerns that the nRAH building is not safe.”

Lord Mayor Martin Haese said it was important to make a thorough assessment of buildings.

“For reasons that are extraordinarily unfortunate, the Grenfell incident has brought this to everyone’s attention and this is top of mind,” he said.

What did the cladding audit check?

There was a focus on composite aluminium cladding, types of which were used in both London’s Grenfell Tower and an apartment block which caught fire in Melbourne’s Docklands in 2014.